Role system_python

Summary

Installs latests version of python available through the system package manager and sets the fact python_system_python_path to the path to the newly installed python interpreter, so it can be used in other roles or playbooks.

Requires

Ubuntu 20.04 or higher (other systems can be supported, but work is needed to define latest versions).

Description

This role will check the python_system_python_latest_versions default variable for a value for the latest available Python version on the OS (e.g.: 3.9 on Ubuntu 20.04) and use the system’s package manager to install:

the relevant version of python
the relevant version of the python-venv package
a corresponding version of pip

History

2024 Written by Dawa Ometto (Utrecht University)

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